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mmossel
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5 years ago
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Clarification about refreshing more than then dataflows cross workspace

The documentation at the bottom of this message mentions the limitation that a Power BI Premium subscription is required in order to refresh more than ten dataflows cross workspace.

 

I'd like to have some clarification about that - what does it mean exactly? And does the limitation apply to refreshes across all workspaces in one tenant? And what would be the max number of refreshes with Premium?

 

Dataflows Limitations, restrictions and supported connectors and features - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

 

 

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  • v-angzheng-msft's avatar
    v-angzheng-msft
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    5 years ago

    Hi, mmossel 

     

    As far as I understand it, a premium subscription is required to refresh more than ten dataflows from different workspaces. This limitation apply to refreshes across all workspaces in one tenant. The maximum number of refreshes for premium capacity is 48 times per day. Glad to see different insights.

     

    Here are some references that may be helpful

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/dataflows/what-licenses-do-you-need-in-order-to-use-dataflows

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/refresh-data

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng
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    • OleksandrM's avatar
      OleksandrM
      Frequent Visitor
      4 years ago

      Hello,

      I still don't clearly understand what does this mean, let me explain why:

      Can I create more than 10 dataflows? seems I can, I have now 2 workspaces with my Pro Account, with total of 12 dataflows, all work fine.

      Can I refresh more than 10 dataflows same time? Hard to imagine why would one need, but I just opened both workspaces and within 10 seconds clicked all 12 dataflows' refresh button. All got refreshed with no errors.
      I don't have any premium for sure - nether per user no shared capacity.
      So what does mean 10 dataflows limit?

      • 009co's avatar
        009co
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        4 years ago

        Agree. This is not clear at all. Would like to see some better clarification than what was offered here by Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng. Thanks! ğŸ˜Š